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Source Description
The sword fight featured in this print comes at the dramatic conclusion to a play that explores the nature of loyalty and honor among the women who serve the daughter of the Shogun Yoritomo. The evil Iwafuji raises her sword, at right, to kill the faithful Ohatsu, who has discovered Iwafuji's plot to kill the shogun. Ohatsu parries with an umbrella and eventually kills Iwafuji.
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Document identity
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4750
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Sword Fight between Ohatsu [left] and the Lady-in-Waiting Iwafuji [right]
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print
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4750
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print
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normalized
title
Sword Fight between Ohatsu [left] and the Lady-in-Waiting Iwafuji [right]
description
The sword fight featured in this print comes at the dramatic conclusion to a play that explores the nature of loyalty and honor among the women who serve the daughter of the Shogun Yoritomo. The evil Iwafuji raises her sword, at right, to kill the faithful Ohatsu, who has discovered Iwafuji's plot to kill the shogun. Ohatsu parries with an umbrella and eventually kills Iwafuji.
provenance
Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
date
1867 (late Edo)
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CC0
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en
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woodblock prints
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4
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4
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import
style
Utagawa School
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cul
Japanese
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[Signature] Kunichika hitsu
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ink and color on mulberry paper
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JPK
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3514
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